There's nothing particularly shocking about
foundation grantees expressing these messages.
Not exact matches
Current number of
foundation employees: 1,453
Foundation Trust Endowment: $ 40.3 billion (3) Total grant payments since inception (through Q4 2016): $ 41.3 billion Total 2016 Direct
Grantee Support: $ 4.6 billion Total 2015 Direct
Grantee Support: $ 4.2 billion
The
foundation supports
grantees in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The tax code allows private
foundations to include as «qualified distributions» certain expenses associated with grantmaking and other payments made for charitable purposes (e.g., conferences, technical assistance for
grantees and other expenses).
The
foundation also has entered into several international agreements whereby the
grantee's former host institution puts in extra funding so that the
grantee can visit to continue collaborations with his or her former colleagues, says its executive director Maciej Żylicz.
Earlier, she told the press that she can not say exactly when the
foundation will close, but all of Dynasty's obligations to the current
grantees will be fulfilled.
We did discuss Guidestar, a free online database containing information on non-profit organizations, including
foundation 990 forms that often contain the names of
grantees and grant amounts.
Active and ongoing communication between
foundations and
grantees is essential in tracking progress and maximizing the chances for positive impact.
Inferring what
foundations are actually pursuing based on the Tweets of
grantees is a messy enterprise.
Prospective
grantees don't like to tell
foundations that they need to change course because that makes getting funded unlikely.
We identified the recent
grantees of the Arnold, Broad, Gates, and Walton
foundations and then found Twitter accounts associated with those
grantees.
Despite the perception that these major education reform
foundations are focused on expanding school choice, at least with charters, their
grantees appear to be devoting more energy to arguing for greater diversity.
Grantees of the Arnold and Walton
foundations pay more attention to choice, but they still advocate for diversity 2.3 and 1.7 times more often, respectively, than for choice.
The most striking thing we found is that the
grantees of these major education reform
foundations spend a lot of time Tweeting in support of diversity, especially relative to how often they Tweet in support of school choice.
Part of the problem is that many ed reform
grantees and the
foundations that fund them are populated by relatively recent graduates of those elite colleges who haven't adjusted to the fact that what worked back at school and works among their colleagues doesn't necessarily appeal to the Republican legislators they need to convince.
Prior to joining the
foundation, she worked as an independent consultant to a number of education funders and ngos on projects including strategic planning and advising, monitoring and evaluation, grant - making support and due diligence, advocacy and policy change work, and
grantee network facilitation and support.
Some of this year's other
grantees that joined YouthTruth in getting celebrated for their work in producing meaningful feedback loops and increasing
foundation openness include: Habitat for Humanity International, Global Living, Creative Commons, the Center for Effective Philanthropy and Urban Institute With Feeding America.
Staff from our National Program spent several days in Miami discussing the challenges of improving student achievement nationwide with our colleagues at other
foundations and with some of our
grantees.
Roxy's Dental Fund is only open to select FACE
grantees who are chosen to participate by the
foundation.
The ESSFTA Foundation encourages potential
grantees to first apply to major
foundations sponsoring canine research such as the Morris Animal Foundation or the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, then, following approval of a grant, to then apply to the ESSFTA Foundation for matching or partially matching funds or for project support through other ESSFTA resources, such as the English Springer Spaniel DNA Bank or ESSFTA Foundation encouragement of the
grantee's access to English Springer Spaniels owned by members of the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association, the Parent Club of the breed.
In the last two years, the
foundation has broadened its philanthropic efforts from seven legacy
grantees to 95 across the USA; supported hundreds of artists impacted by Hurricane Sandy; and converted Rauschenberg's home and studio in Florida into a dynamic residency program for emerging and recognized artists.
After a highly competitive process, in which more than 600 artists applied to the
foundation's call for proposals, the inaugural cohort of Artist as Activist Fellows, as well as Travel and Research
Grantees, has been selected.
Since 1999, MacArthur has awarded 16,763 grants to 5,831 recipients for a total of $ 2.7 billion — with half a dozen of the top 100
grantees recognizable as politically neutral, such as community
foundations, according to an examination of Foundation Search tabulations.
Represented a multibillion - dollar
foundation in a criminal probe related to misuse of
foundation's assets by an outside
grantee.
MLAC's influence has increased over time, as more governmental agencies and
foundations have partnered with MLAC and its
grantees to meet burgeoning civil legal aid needs.
HOPES is a
grantee of the Susan G. Komen
foundation, which provides funds for breast health services and education.